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RHODE  ISLAND  LITERARY  WOMEN, 


(1726-1892,) 


WITH   SOME    ACCOUNT  OF   THEIR  WORK, 


Prepared  at  the  request  of  the  Rhode  Island  Women  Commis- 
sioners OF  the  World's  Columbian  Exposition  by 

FANNY,   PURDY     PALMER. 


PROVIDENCE,  R.  I. 

K.     L.     rSEBMAN     A     BOX,     STATE     PRIMTBBS. 
1893. 


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NOTE. 

In  this  list  the  following  order  is  observed : 

1.    Author's  name  followed  by  any  pseudonyms,  dates  of  birth  and 
death,  and  whether  native  or  resident. 

3.     Titles  of  books  followed  by  date  of  publication. 

3.  Titles  of  newspapers  and   periodicals  to  which  articles  have  been 

contributed. 

4.  Summary  of  author's  work. 
The  abbreviations  used  are : 


b. 

born. 

nat. 

native. 

collab. 

collaboration. 

ps. 

pseudonym, 

d. 

died. 

res. 

resident. 

mag. 

magazine. 

tr. 

translator. 

This  list  includes  as  the  literary  work  of  Rhode  Island  women : 
poetry,  fiction,  original  contributions  to  any  branch  of  literature,  pro- 
fessional journalism,  travels,  translations,  and  in  a  few  notable  instances, 
matter  produced  as  lectures. 


Ml8^636 


A     LIST     OF 

RHODE    ISLAND    LITERARY  WOMEN. 
1726-1892. 


Adams,  (Mrs.)  Mary  H.  Wilbor.    Nat 
Violet ;  a  story. 

Akerman,  (Mrs.)  Lucy  Evelyn  Metcalf.    Nat. 
Poems. 

Almy,  (Mrs.)  Annie  Whittier.    Nat 

Early  Poems  affectionately  dedicated  to  Her  Dear  Son  in 
the  Far  West.     1866. 
Allen,  Candace.    Nat. 

The  hyperbolic  curve,  and  the  law  of  progi-ession  of  ro- 
tating bodies. 

Anderson,  (Mrs.)  Eliza  (Vial).    Nat 

The  Merchant's  Wife.     1876. 
Angell,  Anne  Sibley.    Nat 

Witch  Hazel,    A  Poem.     1892. 
Anthony,  Susanna.    Nat    1726-1791. 

1.  An  account  of  her  religious  experience  and  life  which 

was  edited  by  Samuel  Hopkins,  D.  D.  The  book  is 
entitled,  The  Nature,  certainty  and  evidences  of  true 
Christianity:  in  a  letter  from  a  gentlewoman  of  R.  I. 
to  another,  her  dear  friend,  in  great  darkness,  doubt 
and  concern  of  a  religious  nature. 

2.  Familiar  letters  (in  collab,  with  Mrs.  Osborn). 
Austin,  Katharine  Hanson,  ps.  Katharine  Hanson.    Nat 

Contributor  of  editorial  articles,  book  reviews,  stories 
and  poems  to  Providence  Journal,  KnickerhocTcer 
Monilihj  Mag.,  Woman's  Advocate,  Woman^s  Jour- 
nal, St  Nicholas,  Wide  Aivake,  Harper^s  Bazar, 
Liberal  Christian,  Christian  Register,  New  Cen- 
tury for  Women. 


6  RHODE   ISLAND   LITERARY   WOMEN. 

Babcock,  (Mrs.)  Mary  A. 

Contributor  to  The  Outlook  and  to  other  papers,  also  to 
the  book  entitled,  For  God,  Home  and  Native  Land. 

Bailey,  Frances  Stoughton.    Nat 

Bailey,  (Mrs.)  Urania  Locke.     1820-1882.    Bes. 

1.  Star  flowers.     N.  Y.,  1882. 

2.  The  school  at  Elm  Oak  and  the  school  of  life.     N.  Y., 

1861. 

3.  The  crooked  tree.    K  Y,  1865. 

4.  Dr.  Plassid's  patients.     B.,  1872. 

5.  Holiday  Tales  and  High  Days  and  Holidaj^s  in  Old 

England  and  New  England  (in  collab.). 
Mrs.  Bailey's  poetry  has  a  graceful  charm  and  a  deeply 
religious  spirit.  An  imaginative  touch  of  much  deli- 
cacy is  found  in  such  poems  as  The  Praise  Meeting 
of  the  Flowers,  The  False  Secret,  etc.  She  was  the 
author  of  the  well-known  hymn  beginning — 

The  mistakes  of  my  life  are  many, 

The  sins  of  my  heart  are  more, 
And  I  scarce  can  see  for  weeping. 

But  I  come  to  the  open  door. 

Bainbridge,  (Mrs.)  Lucy  S.     Res. 
Round-the-world  letters. 

Baker,  Virginia.    Nat. 

Prince  Garrotte,  and  other  chronicles.     1881. 

Barney,  (Mrs.)  J.  K.    Res. 

Gontributor  to  Providence  Journal,  Evening  Press  and 
organs  of  the  W.  C.  T.  U.,  of  short  stories,  sketches, 
studies  of  social  conditions,  etc. 

Mrs.  Barney's  articles  on  philanthropic  and  charitable 
work  have  been  widely  copied  in  this  eovmtry  and 
in  England  and  translated  into  several  languages. 
She  was  chosen  to  write  up  "  Woman  in  Philan- 
thropy "  for  "  Woman's  Work  in  America,"  edited 
by  Mrs.  Nathan  Myers,  published  by  Holt  &  Go. 
N.  Y.     1891. 


RHODE   ISLAND   LITERARY   WOMEN.  7 

Bates,  (Mrs.)  Louise  Snow  Prosser,  A.  B.     Res. 

Contributes  to  papers  and  magazines  largely  on  topics 
connected  with  health,  habits,  household  economies, 
etc.     Candidate  for  A.  M.  degree,  Brown  University. 
1892-3. 
Beckwith,  Abby  G.     Nat 

— tr.  Princess  Use  ;  a  story  of  the  Hartz  Mountains. 

Botta,  (Mrs.)  Anne  C.  Lynch.     Ees. 
The  Rhode  Island  Book. 

Brewster,  (Mrs.)  M.  M.    Bes. 

Journalist. 
Brooks,  (Mrs.)  Sarah  Warner     Ees. 

1.  Blanche  ;  or,  The  legend  of  the  angel  tower.     1861. 

2.  Even  songs. 

3.  A  legend  of  St.  Christopher  and  other  poems.     1859. 

Brown,  (Mrs.)  Ellen  H.,  ps.  Shirley.    Nat 

Journalist,  Contributor  to  Parleifs  Magazine,  YoutJi's 
Companion,  Washington  War  Correspondent  of  the 
Providence  Journal.     1863-4. 
Brownell,  (Mrs.)  Henrietta  M.  K.    Nat 

God's  way,  Man's  way.    A  story  of  Bristol.     1885. 
Contributes  poetry,  fiction,  travel  correspondence  and 
editorial  matter  to  2%e  Catholic  World,  Tlie  Rosary, 
The  (Providence)  Evening  TelegraTn. 

Bucklin,  Loraine  P.    Nat 

Studies  of  Needlework  (as  lectures). 
Studies  of  Queens  (as  lectures). 
Studies  of  Gems,  in  Jeiuelefs  Magazine. 
Studies  of  Humane  Education  (as  lectures). 
Burge,  Julia  P.    Nat 

1.  Life  at  Greene  farm.     1870. 

2.  Old  Grimes'  wife. 
Burges,  (Mrs.)  Eleanor  B.    Nat 

Poem;  Dress,  in  The  Rhode  Island  Book. 
Butts,  (Mrs.)  Mary  F. 

1.  Dodo's  adventures.     1886. 

2.  Frolic  left  out,  or  country  children.     N.  Y.,  1886. 

3.  The  princess,  the  pig,  and  the  etsettery.    Buf.,  1888. 


8  RHODE  ISLAND  LITERARY  WOMEN. 

Cady,  (Mrs.)  H.  N.     Nat 

1.  History  of   New  England,  in  words  of   one  syllable. 

1888. 

2.  History  of  Ohio,  in  words  of  one  syllable.     1888. 
Cahoone,  Sarah.    Nat. 

Sketch  of  Newport  and  vicinity.     1862.     [With  notices 
respecting  the  history,  settlement  and  geography  of 
Rhode  Island.] 
Campbell,  Annie  E.    Nat. 

Journalist.     Musical  and  Dramatic  correspondent  and 
reporter,  has  written  books  and  pamphlets  on  cathe- 
dral architecture. 
Carpenter,  Esther  Bernon.    Nat. 

1.  South-county  neighbors.     1887. 

2.  Huguenots  in  France. 

3.  Studies  in  local  history  and  genealogy. 
Journalist. 

Chace,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Buffum,  b.  1807.    Nat. 

1.  Factory  women  and  girls  of  New  England. 

2.  Anti-slavery  reminiscences.     1891. 

Contributor  to  The  Envoy  from  Free  Hearts  to  the  Free, 
(published  in  Pawtucket,  1840,)  to  The  Woman'' s 
Journal,  The  Providence  Journal,  and  other  period- 
icals on  topics  connected  with  the  abolition  of  slav- 
ery, the  enfranchisement  of  women,  the  claims  of 
the  children  of  the  State,  the  rights  of  the  North 
American  Indian,  the  value  of  arbitration. 
"Never  rode  to  the  wrong's  redressing 
A  worthier  paladin." 

Channing,  Grace  Ellery.    Nat. 

Contributes  poems  and  stories  to  Over-land  Monthly,  Bel- 
ford  Magazine,  Youth''s  C&mjjanion,  etc. 
Cheney,  (Mrs.)  Emeline  Burlinghame,  ps.  Aunt  Stanley, 
Aunt  Emeline.    Nat. 
Editor  of  The  Missionary  Helper,  associate  editor  of 
The  Myrtle  (Dover,  N.  H.),  contributor  to  The  Morn- 
ing Star,  The  Little  Star,  lecturer  and  organizer  in 
the  work  of  the  W.  C.  T.  U. 


RHODE  ISLAND   LITERARY  WOMEN.  9 

Child,  (Mrs.)  Anna  (Page).    Nat 

1.  Whatcheer ;   a  story  of  olden  times.     One  of  sister 

Rhody's  collections  of  historical  facts,  for  the  amuse- 
ment and  instruction  of  young  people.     Prov.,  1857. 

2.  The  World  ;  a  poem. 

3.  The  Banner  of  Freedom  ;  a  collection  of  songs. 

Childs,  (Mrs.)  Hannah.     Nat. 

The  life  of,  who  long  in  darkness  lay,  will  now  be  brought 
to  light.     Prov.,  1859. 

Churchill,  (Mrs.)  Elizabeth  Kittredge,  d.  1881.    Res. 

Overcoming.     Bost.,  1870. 

Professional  journalist  and  lecturer. 

Her  style  was  clear,  vivacious  and  direct,  her  descrip- 
tions often  picturesque  and  her  criticisms  intelli- 
gent. She  was  a  hard  student,  painstaking  and 
ambitious.  Her  letters  to  the  Providence  Journal 
from  the  Centennial  Exposition,  from  May  until 
November,  1876,  indicate  her  extensive  information, 
her  literary  instincts  and  her  moral  earnestness. 

Clark,  Martha,  b.  1796.    Nat. 

Victims  of  Amusements.     1849. 
Duty  of  Benevolence.     1835. 

Coe,  Rebecca,  ps.  Leila  Lee.    Nat. 

1.  Wee,  wee  songs.     1859. 

2.  The  twins,  or  the  Dales  in  Newport.     N.  Y.,  1854. 

Cole,  Anna  E.    Nat. 

A  History  of  Warren.     (Unpublished.) 
Journalist. 

Colt,  (Mrs.)  Theodora  DeWolf.    Nat. 
Stray  fancies.     1872. 

Convent  of  Mercy.     Sisters  Mary,  Margaret,  Clarissa 
and  Juliana. 

1.  Christopher  Columbus  ;  a  Centenary  drama.     1891. 

2.  Poems. 

The  following  is  a  selection  from  the  poems  : 

2 


10  RHODE   ISLAND   LITERARY    WOMEN, 

"OTHER  SHEEP  I  HAVE." 

Bring  home  Thy  sheep,  kind  Shepherd,  to  the  fold,       » 

The  way  is  long, 
And  lonely  is  the  mountain,  steep  and  cold. 

The  light  is  gone. 
Sharp  thorns  replace  the  roses,  fair  and  bright, 
Joy's  morning  robe  is  Sorrow's  shroud  to  night. 

The  wolf  is  hidden  in  the  midnight  gloom, 

While  far  away 
Unconscious  of  the  bitter  hast'ning  doom 

Thy  sheep  astray 
Is  wounded, — weary,  waiting  for  Thy  voice; 
Lord,  seek  thine  own ;  bid  Heaven's  hosts  rejoice. 

Soon,  safe  upon  Thy  shoulders,  may  we  see 

The  lost  and  found: 
Returning  to  Thy  guarded  fold,  with  Thee, 

And  gladly  bound 
By  love's  sweet  chain,  unto  Thy  Sacred  Heart, 
Never  again,  Good  Shepherd,  to  depart. 

Converse,  Emma  M.    Nat 

Studies  in  astronomy.     Contributed  to  Providence  Jour- 
nal. 

Cowing,  Fanny.     Nat. 
Journalist. 

Curtis,  (Mrs.)  Julia  Bridgham. 

Essay  on  Novel  writing,     Rhode  Island  Book. 

Curtiss,  (Mrs.)  Abby  Allin,  ps.  Nilla.    Res. 
Home  Ballads, 

Dailey,  Charlotte  Field.    Nat. 

Studies  in  ancient  and  modern  art,  (as  lectures,) 

Davis,  (Mrs.)  L.  A. 

The  gospel  life  of  Jesus  Christ,     1875, 

Davis,  (Mrs.)  Paulina  Wright.     Res. 
A  Providence  Lady  Abroad, 
History  of  the  Woman  Suffrage  Movement, 
Editor  of    The    Una,  published  in  Providence,   R,   I, 

1867-69, 


RHODE  ISLAND  LITERARY  WOMEN.  11 

Douglas,  (Mrs.)  Sarah,  ps.  Philomath.    Nat 

Expository  paraphrase  of  the  Song  of  Solomon.    Pro  v., 

1884. 
A  Bu'd's-eye  view  of  the  progress  of  Science,  Religion 

and  PhUosophy.     1883. 

Eames,  (Mrs.)  Jane  (Anthony),  b.  1816.    Nat. 

1.  Budget  of  letters.     1847. 

2.  The  budget  closed.     1860. 

3.  Another  budget.     1854. 

4.  Letters  from  Bermuda.     1875. 

5.  Sketch  of  Grace  Church,  Prov.     1857. 

6.  Memorials  of  Rev.  Dr.  Eames.     1876. 

7.  Memorials  of  Hezekiah  Anthony.     1885. 

Contributor  to  2'/ie  Christian  Witness,  The  Church  Jour- 
nal, The  Churchman,  The  Providence  Journal,  Tlie 
New  Hampshire  Patriot,  The  Concord  Monitor,  The 
People,  The  American  Tract  Society,  and  author  of 
the  following  Sunday  School  books  : 

My  Mother's  Jewel,  1850.    Agnes  and  Eliza,  1852.    Sarah 

Barry,  1853.     Christmas  Gift,  1851. 
"Favorably  known  as  the  authoress  of  religious  works 

for  the  young." — Allibone. 

Earle,  Miriam. 

Author  of  Stories  for  children,  contributor  to  The  Union 
Signal. 

Franklin,  (Mrs.)  Ann.    Nat. 

In  1732  the  first  newspaper  published  in  the  colony  of 
Rhode  Island  was  started,  at  Newport,  by  James 
Franklin  (brother  of  Benjamin).  It  was  called/ T/ie 
Rhode  Island  Gazette.  Ann  Franklin  (wife  of  the 
publisher),  is  said  to  have  "  carried  on  the  printing 
office"  after  the  death  of  her  husband.  In  1758 
James  (son  of  James  and  Ann  Franklin)  established 
the  Newport  Mercury.  This  James  Franklin  "  left 
Newport  suddenly  and  never  returned,"  and  his 
mother,  "  a  woman  of  industry,  energy  and  experi- 
ence," placed  her  imprint  upon  the  paper,  issued  it 


12  RHODE  ISLAND  LITERARY  WOMEN. 

regularly  until  her  daughter's  marriage  provided  her 
with  a  son-in-law  who  look  charge  of  the  business. 
Copies  of  the  Neivport  3£ercury,  dated  August  24th  and 
November  6th,  1762,  published  by  A.  Franklin  and 
S.  Hale,  are  to  be  seen  at  the  Redwood  Library,  New- 
port, R.  I. 

Gardner,  Ida  M. 

Outlines  of  Renaissance  and  Reformation.    Notes  for 
lectures  by  the  late  Prof.  Diman.     1889. 
Gaskill,  (Mrs.)  Josephine  L.  (Abbott).    Res. 

Outlines  for  the  study  of  art.     1890. 

Gibbs,  Emily  Olive. 

Gleanings. 
Gladding,  (Mrs.)  Elizabeth  N.    Nat. 

1.  Leaves  from  an  invalid's  journal. 

2.  Leaves  and  poems  ?    1858. 

Mrs.  Gladding  died  of  malarial  fever  while  teaching  the 
freedmen  at  St.  Helena  Island,  S.  C,  July,  1867.    Mrs. 
Whitman  has  addressed  a  poem  to  her,  "  Our  Haunted 
Room,"  in  which  occur  these  lines  : 
***** 
The  hands  that  twined  with  flexile  grace 
Their  garlands  round  my  flower-lipped  vase, 
Shrouding  the  corbel's  sculptured  face, 

Fair  folded  in  a  southern  clime, 
Absolved  from  all  the  toils  of  time. 
Await  the  eternal  morning's  prime: — 
Fair  folded  by  the  Atlantic  wave 
'Mid  the  dark  race  she  died  to  save, 
Where  homeless  sea  winds  haunt  her  grave. 

Goddard,  (Mrs.)  Sarah  Updike.    Nat. 

In  1762  appeared  llie  Providence  Gazette  aiid  Cou7itry 
Journal,  the  first  newspaper  established  in  Provi- 
dence, by  William  Goddard.  This  paper  was  for 
three  years  (1766-69)  under  the  care  of  William 
Goddard's  mother,  Mrs.  Sarah  IJpdike  Goddard. 
The  New  England  Almanac  and  Ladies^  and  Gen- 
tlemen's Diary,  1767-69,  by  Sarah  Goddard  and  Co., 
are  in  the  possession  of  the  R.  I.  Historical  Society. 


RHODB  ISLAND  LITERARY  WOMEN.  13 

Greene,  Mary  Anne,  LL.  B.,  Counsellor  at  Law.    Nat 

1.  Privileged  Communications  in  suits  between  Husband 

and  Wife.  24  American  Law  Review  (St.  Louis, 
Mo.),  779,  September-October  number,  1890. 

2.  The  Present  Right  of  American  Women  to  Vote  and 

Hold  Office.  Two  articles.  I.  Her  Right  to  Vote, 
Boston  Daily  Traveller,  Saturday,  February  21,  1891. 
II.  Her  Right  to  Hold  Office.  Ibid.,  Saturday,  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1891. 

3.  A  Woman  Lawyer.      The  Chautauquan  (Meadville, 

Pa.),  Vol.  XIV.,  p.  218  (November,  1891). 

4.  Biographical  Sketch  of  Lelia  Robinson  Sawtelle,  LL.  B. 

'The  Chautauquan,  Vol.  XIV.,  p.  335,  Dec,  1891. 

5.  The  Legal  Relation  of  Parent  and  Child.     T'he  Chau- 

tauquan, Vol.  XIV.,  p.  463,  January,  1892. 

6.  Legal  Domestic  Relations.     The  Chautauquan,  Vol. 

XIV.,  p.  592,  February,  1892. 

7.  The  Law  of   Promissory  Notes  and   Bank   Checks. 

The  Chautauquan,  Vol.  XV.,  p.  81,  April,  1892. 

8.  Legal  Business  Transactions.     T'he  Chautauquan, Vol. 

XV.,  p.  347,  June,  1892. 

9.  Woman's  Position  in  Law.     The  ChautauquAxn,  Vol. 

XV.,  p.  634,  August,  1892. 
10.  Necessaries  for  Wives.     The  Woman's  Journal,  (Bos- 
ton,) September  14,  1889,  and  various  other  articles 
of  less  than  a  column's  length  in   The   Woman's 
Journal,  from  1888  to  the  present  time. 

TRANSLATIONS. 

Poetry. 

1.  "Ad  Perenius  Vitse  Fontem."     Latin  hymn  of  the 

fifth  century.  Sunday  School  Times,  (Philadelphia, 
Pa.,)  March,  1881. 

2.  Ascension  Hymn.    Latin  hymn  of  the  sixth  century. 

The  Watchman,  (Boston,)  March  13,  1881. 
Prose. 

The  Woman  Lawyer.  A  Historical  and  Critical  Essay. 
From  the  French  of  DeLouis  Frank,  (La  Femme- 
Avocat,  Paris,  1889.)     Translation  in  the  Chicago 


14  .   .    RHODE  ISLAND  LITERARY  WOMEN. 

Law    Times   (quarterly),  January,  April,  July  and 
Octx)ber,  1889.     (C.  V.  Waite  &  Co.,  Chicago.) 
Hall,  (Mrs.)  Emily  A.     Nat. 

1.  The  history  of  the  fan. 

2.  The  history  of  the  umbrella. 

Hall,  (Mrs.)  Louisa  J.  (Park),  b.  1802,  d.  1892.    Ees. 
Miriam  ;  a  dramatic  poem. 
Joanna  of  Naples  ;  an  historical  romance. 
Elizabeth  Carter  ;  a  sketch. 
The  silver  bell ;  a  story. 
Poems.     1892. 

Hall,  Harriet  Ware,  b.  1841,  d.  1889.    Nat. 
A  book  for  friends  ;  poems  (30). 
Essays ;  1  vol. 

Hanna,  Abigail  Stanley.    Ees. 

Withered  Leaves  from  Memory's  Garland.     1857. 

Hatton,  (Mrs.)  Mary  Manchester  Waterman, ps.  Minnie, 
Marie,  M.  M.  H.,  b.  1830.    Nat. 

Contributor  to  Gleasoii's  Pictorial,  Waverly  Mag.,  Christ- 
ian Freeman,  and  local  newspapers. 
Hazard,  Caroline.    Nat. 

Memoirs  of  the  Rev.  J.  Lewis  Diman,  compiled  from  his 
letters,  journals  and  writings.      .     .      .     Bost.,  1886. 

The  works  of  Rowland  Gibson  Hazard,  (4  vols.)  1889. 
Edited  by  Miss  Hazard,  with  a  biographical  preface 
from  her  pen. 

Contributes  stories,  sketches  and  poems  to  The  Century 
Mag.,  The  New  Englander,  The  Andover  Review, 
Far  and  Near,  The  New  England  Mag.,  The  Provi- 
dence Sunday  Journal,  The  Independent,  Overland 
Monthly. 

Compositions  and  translations  for  music. 

Hazard,  Gertrude  Minturn,  and  Anna  Peace.    Nat. 

Poems.     1873.     (In  coUab.) 

Hopkins,  Sara  F.     Nat. 

Contributor  to  Atlantic  Monthly,  Putnarri's,  Lippineotfs, 
Galaxy,  Catholic  World,  Wide  Awake,  All  The  Year 


RHODE  ISLAND  LITERARY  WOMEN.  15 

Round,  Youtli's  Companion,  Christian  Union,  Phil- 
adelphia Press,  foreign  correspondent  of  Sacramento 
Record,  and  "  all  round"  work  for  Providence  Journal. 

Hoppin,  Louise  Clare.    Nat. 
Journalist. 

Howe,  (Mrs.)  Julia  Ward.     Res. 

Best  known  as  a  poet,  but  also  a  prolific  writer  and 
speaker  on  literary,  philosopliical,  aesthetic  and 
social  themes. 

Howland,  Avis.     Res. 

Rhode  Island  tales,  and  tales  of  old  times.     1839. 
Miss  Howland  was  a  Quaker  lady  living  in  Newport. 
The  tales  were  written   for  the  amusement  of  a 
young  nephew,  and  describe  incidents  known  to 
contemporaries. 
Jacobs,  Ruth  Alice.    Nat. 

Contributes  short  stories  to  The  Advocate,  The  Yankee 
Blade,  etc. 

Jacobs,  Sarah  Sprague,  b.  1813.    Nat. 

1.  White  Oak  and  its  neighbors.     1869. 

2.  Nonantum  and  Natick.     1853.     ["A  history  in  a  pop- 

ular style  of  the  New  England  Indian  tribes  and 
.    .    .    John  Elliot.     It  has  been  commended."] — 
Allibone. 
Poems. 
Jones,  Mrs.  Eliza  G.     1803.    Nat. 

Poetical  remains.     1853. 
Jones,  (Mrs.)  Elizabeth  C.    Nat. 

Fugitive  poems.     3  vols.     1819-28. 
Keene,  (Mrs.)  Emily  F.    Res. 

1.  The  Haven  children. 

2.  Teddy  and  his  friends. 

Kendall,  (Mrs.)  Helen  Elizabeth  (Perry.)    Nat. 

Journalist  and  author  of  an  essay  entitled  Faust,  a 
Study.     1892. 

Lawton,  (Mrs.)  J.  F.  P.,  and  Grace  R. 
Diary  of  travels.     (In  coUab.) 


16  EHODE  ISLAND  LITERARY  WOMEN. 

Lee,  Abby.    Nat. 

1.  Little  Ellen. 

2.  Wrote  also,  in  coUab.  with  Avis  Howland. 
Le  Garde,  Ellen. 

Journalist. 

Editor  of  The  Fencer. 

Little,  (Mrs.)  Abby  Wheaton.    Nat. 

Memoir  of  Napoleon  Third  (Prince  Napoleon  Louis  Bona- 
parte).    1848. 
Memoir  of  Robert  Wheaton. 

Little,  (Mrs.)  Sophia.    Nat. 

1.  Last  days  of  Jesus.     1877. 

2.  Thrice  through  the  furnace.     1852. 

3.  Poems?    1841. 

4.  Christ  in  prison. 

Lyman,  (Mrs.)  Eliza.    Nat. 

Recollections  of  Mrs.  Wanton  Lyman. 

Lyon,  (Mrs.)  Susan  Stevens,  ps.  "  Eva."    Res. 
Woman  in  Japan.     (A  leaflet.) 

Contributor  to  Providence  Journal,  New  York  Evening 

Post,  The  Independent,  New  York  Examiner,  The 

Watchman,  YoutWs  Companion,  The  Nursery,  Zion^s 

Advocate,  etc. 

MacDougall,  (Mrs.)  Frances  Haven,  (also  Mrs.  Green 

and  Mrs.  Whipple.)     Nat. 

1.  Shahmah  in  pursuit  of  freedom.     1858. 

2.  Memoirs  of  EUeanor  Eldridge,  a  colored  woman  of 

Providence.     (More  than  30,000  copies  sold.) 

3.  The  mechanic.     1841. 

4.  Might  and  right ;  an  account  of  the  Dorr  war.     1844. 

5.  Nanuntenoo ;  a  legend  of  the  Narragansetts,  in  six 

cantos.     1848. 

6.  Analytical  class  book  of  botany.     1855.     (In  collab. 

with  Joseph  W.  Congdon.) 

7.  Editor  of  The  Wampanoag,  1848,  and  of  The  Young 

People'' s  Journal  of  Science,  Literature  and  Art. 

8.  Poems  contributed  to  the  Univerevelum,  Vols.  I.  and 

II.,  under  ps.  Jenny  Lee  and  Fanny  Green. 


RHODE  ISLAND  LITERARY  WOMEN.  17 

Marchant,  Sarah. 

Meyrowitz,  (Mrs.)  Etta  Burroughs,  b.  1865.    Nat 

Journalist.  Editor-in-chief  of  The  People,  1887.  Assis- 
tant editor  of  Bhode  Island  Democrat;  press-agent 
in  Boston  and  Providence. 

Mitchell,  Mary.     1731-1810.    Nat. 

A  short  account  of  the  early  part  of  [her]  life,  written 
by  herself.  With  some  selections  from  some  other 
of  her  writings,  and  two  testimonials  of  monthly 
meetings  of  Friends  at  R.  I.  and  Nantucket,  con- 
cerning her.  New  Bedford.  1812. 
Nichols,  Elizabeth  P. 

Associate  editor  of  The  Outlook,  contributor  to  The  Union 
Signal,  The  Oak  and  Ivy  Leaf. 

Osborn,  (Mrs.)  Sarah,  d.  1796.    Res. 
Familiar  letters. 

Paine,  (Mrs.)  Louise  Mason  Akerman.    1839-83.    Nat 
Poems  (privately  printed). 

Paine,  Susanna.     Nat    Died  at  Providence,  1862,  aged  70 
years. 
She  was  a  portrait  painter  and  practiced  her  profession. 
She  was  a  frequent  contributor  of  poems  to  the 
Morning  Courier  of  Providence  during  the  years 
1836-7-8.     She  was  the  author  of 
Roses  and  Thorns  ;  or,  Recollections  of  an  Artist.     1854. 
Wait  and  See  ;  a  novel.     1860. 
Padelford,  Sarah  Carpenter,  ps.  Clarice.    Nat 

Contributor  of  stories  and  poems  to  various  publications, 
and  of  articles  on  educational  topics  to  The  Rhode 
Island  Schoolmaster,  etc. 
Palmer,  (Mrs.)  Fanny  Purdy.    Res. 

A  dead  level  and  other  episodes.     1892. 
Contributes  stories  and  poems  to  The  True  Flag,  Har- 
per^s,  The  Galaxy,  The  Continental,  Peterson^s,  The 
Home  Journal^  {ps.  Florio,)  The  New  York  Weekly, 
The  Parthenon,  Putnam'' s  Mag.,  etc. 
Partridge,  Mary  Eleanor. 


18  RHODE  ISLAND  LITERARY  WOMEN. 

Peck,  Annie  S.     Nat. 

Studies  in  Greek  art  and  archseology  (as  lectures). 
Peckham,  (Mrs.)  W.  G.  (Perry.)     Res. 

Spring  and  Autumn  leaves. 
Peckham,  Grace,  M.  D.    Nat. 

Travel  correspondence  and  contributions  to  medical  lit- 
erature. 

Peckham,  (Mrs.)  Mary  Chase.     1839-92.    Res. 
Father  Gabrielle's  fairy.     1869. 
Poems,  contributed  to  Neiv  York  Evening  Post,  Lippin- 

cotVs,  Providence  Journal,  Woman^s  Journal. 
Stories  to  Ladies  Repository. 

Perry,  (Mrs.)  Elizabeth  A.     Nat. 
History  of  Glocester,  R.  I. 

Perry,  Nora.    Res. 

1.  After  the  ball  and  other  poems.     1876. 

2.  The  tragedy  of  the  unexpected  and  other  stories.   1880. 

3.  Her  lover's  friend  and  other  poems.     1880. 

4.  Bessie's  trials  at  boarding  school.     1881. 

Miss  Perry  did  much  of  her  best  work  during  her  resi- 
dence in  Providence.     She  is  a  graceful  and  popular 
writer,  now  residing  in  Boston,  Mass. 
Phillips,  (Mrs.)  Sophia  M. 

Poem  in  Rhode  Island  Book. 

Pitman,  (Mrs.)  Marie  J.  (Davis),  ps.  Marjorie  Deane. 
1850.     Nat. 

1.  Wonder  world,     tr.     1878. 

2.  European  breezes.     1882. 
Wrote  books  for  children. 

Contributor  to  Boston  Transcript  and  other  journals. 
Poor,  (Mrs.)  Ellen  Hedge.     1836-66.    Nat. 
Heart  songs  ;  a  collection  of  poems.     1851. 

Power,  Anna  Marsh,  in  collab.  with  Sarah  Helen  Whit- 
man.    Nat. 
The  golden  ball.      The  sleeping  beauty.      Cinderella. 

[1866-70.] 
Carriers'  New  Year's  address  for  Providence  Journal. 


RHODE   ISLAND   LITERARY   WOMEN.  19 

Pratt,  (Mrs.)  Mary  Elizabeth.    Nat. 
Rhoda  Thornton's  girlhood.     1873. 

Randolph,  Sally  Engs,  b.  1844,  d.  1890.    Nat. 

Beethoven  ;  a  biographical  romance.     [Translation.] 

Reynolds,  (Mrs  )  Frances  Adelia.    Bes. 

Contributes  poetry,  fiction,  book  reviews,  etc.,  to  TJie 
New  Peterson,  The  West  Sliore,  Chicago  Saturday 
Evening  Herald,  American  Spectator,  Home  Guar- 
dian, Ridleifs  Quarterly  (N.  Y.),  Chicago  Standard, 
Woman's  Tribune,  Wotnaji^s  Journal,  The  Pansy,  etc. 

The  following  is  from  Mrs.  Reynolds'  response  to  a  toast 
to  The  Pen  at  a  recent  banquet  of  the  Montana 
Press  Association  : 

The  journalist,  with  bold,  free  pen, 

Upholding  right — condemning  wrong; 
The  poet  who  can  soothe  or  charm 

A  carping  world  with  graceful  song; 

The  writer  who,  Dame  Nature's  moods 

And  brother  man  depicts  with  skill ; 
All  those  whose  pen  can  guide  or  please. 

Hold  untold  power  for  good  or  ill! 

Richards,  (Mrs.)  Cornelia  H.,  ps.  Mrs.  Manners.     1822. 
Res. 

1.  Pleasure  and  profit ;  or,  Lessons  on  the  Lord's  Prayer. 

K  Y.,  185-. 

2.  Hester  and  I.     New  York.     1859. 

3.  Springs  of  action.     1863. 

4.  At  home  and  abroad  ;  or,  How  to  behave.    N.  Y.,  1855. 

5.  Aspiration  ;  or,  Autobiographj'  of  girlhood.     1855, 

6.  Sedgemoor  ;  or,  Home  lessons.     1857. 

Richards,  (Mrs.)  William  T.    Res. 
Dramatic  sonnets  of  inward  life. 
Richards,  (Mrs.)  Maria  T.     Nat. 

Life  in  Israel  ;    or,  Portraitures  of  Hebrew  character. 

1857. 
Life  in  Judea ;  or.  Glimpses  of  the  first  Christian  age. 
1855. 


20  RHODE  ISLAND  LITERARY  WOMEN. 

Studies  in  English  literature.     )       , 
Studies  in  Biblical  literature,    f 

Richardson,  Harriette  P.,  ps.  Fairleigh  Cottage.    Nat. 

1.  Easter  verses  from  Fairleigh  cottage. 

2.  Christmas  rural  poems.     Contributed  to  Provideiice 

Journal. 

Robinson,  Emma.     1785.    Nat. 

Poems.     The  following  extract  is  from  Pettiquamscott, 
a  poem  published  in  the  Rhode  Island  Book  : 

This  fair  spot  with  partial  pleasure, 

Pettiquamscott's  arms  entwine; 
Leaves  with  pain  his  favorite  treasure, 

Parting  feels  regret  like  mine. 

*  *  *  * 

Follow  still  thy  sweet  employment, 

Wave  ye  woods,  ye  oceans  roar  ; 
You  shall  give  sublime  enjoyment 

When  your  Emma  is  no  more. 

Russell,  (Mrs.)  Ellen  H.  (Brown),  b.  1842.    Nat. 

Waiting  and  other  poems,  a  collection  of  fugitive  verses 
and  sonnets.     1892. 

Rutenbur,  Margaret  Lee,  b.  (about)  1812,  d.  1866.    Nat. 
Contributor  to  Peterson^s  and  other  Philadelphia  mags. 

Shaw,  Emma.    Res. 

Contributes  poetry  and  travel  correspondence  to  Boston 
Transcript,  Overland  Monthly,  Providence  Journal. 
A  review  of  her  poetry  appeared  in  Magazine  of 
Poetry,  April,  1892. 

Shedd,  (Mrs.)  Julia  Ann  Clarke.     1834. 

1.  Famous  painters  and  paintings.     1875. 

2.  The  Ghiberti  gates.     1879. 

3.  Famous  sculptors  and  sculpture.     3d  ed.     1881. 

4.  Raphael ;  his  madonnas  and  holy  families.     B.,  1883. 

5.  The  leper  of  the  city  of  Aoste.     [Tr.  from  French.'] 

Slocum,  (Mrs.)  Charlotte  Leavitt. 

Poems  and  Hymns,  contributed  to  The  Chaulauquan. 


RHODE  ISLAND  LITERARY  WOMEN.  21 

Smith,  (Mrs.)  E.  J.    Nat. 

Editor  of  the  Home  Guard. 

Smith,  (Mrs.)  Eleanor  W.  Talbot.    Nat. 

Wonder  eyes  and  what  for. 

Mother  goose's  goslings. 

Jack  o'lantern. 

My  lady's  casket. 
Smith,  (Mrs.)  Emma  Lamphear.    Nat. 

Engaged  in  "  all  round  "  journalistic  work.  Contributes 
character  sketches  and  local  incidents  to  leading 
newspapers  as  the  Providence  Journal,  Daily  Neivs, 
etc.  The  following  topics  indicate  Mrs.  Smith's  vein: 
T/ie  Tramp  who  had  read  Landor,  An  Experience 
of  Suicide,  The  Tragedy  of  the  Mastiff  Pup,  A  Vet- 
eran Whip,  etc.,  etc. 

Smith,  (Mrs.)  H.  J.     Nat. 
Editor  of  The  Outlook. 

Smith,  (Mrs.)  Sarah  Louisa  P.  (Hickman.)    Pes.    [b.  in 
Detroit,  1811.     d.  in  New  York,  1832.] 
Poems.     Prov.,  1829. 

Spencer,  (Mrs.)  Anna  (Garlin).    Pes. 

Pastor  of  the  Religious  Society  of  BeU  Street  Chapel. 
Sermons ;    journalistic  work,  varied  in  character  and 
voluminous  in  quantity,  contributed  to  Providence 
Journal,  Woma7i's  Journal,  Christian  Register,  Bos- 
,    ton  Commonwealth,  The  Index,  The  Springfield  Pe- 
puhlican,  The  Century  Mag.,  The  Popular  Science 
Monthly,  and  other  publications. 
Stanton,  Kate  Sands,  M.  D.    Nat. 
Whom  to  Marry. 

Contributor  to  Springfield  Republican,  and  associate 
editor  with  Mrs.  Paulina  Wright  Davis,  of  The 
New  World.    Lecturer  and  practicing  physician. 

Stuart,  (Mrs.)  Charlotte  Allen  Knight,  b.  1834,  d.  1864. 
Nat. 
Contributor  to  Philadelphia  papers  and  magazines  and 
to  The   Temperance  Advocate   (Providence)   about 
1850-52. 


22  RHODE   ISLAND   LITERARY   WOMEN. 

Translator  of  stories  from  the  French. 

Taggart,  Cynthia.     1801-49.    Nat. 

Cynthia  Taggart,  daughter  of  William  Taggart,  born  on 
the  Island  of  Rhode  Island  14th  December,  1801,  and 
lived  there  the  life  of  an  invalid  ;  poet.  Three  edi- 
tions of  her  poems  were  published,  to  wit :  1834  ; 
second  edition,  1834  ;  third  edition,  1848.  A  bio- 
graphical account,  singularly  deficient  in  biographi- 
cal material,  in  which  were  included  some  of  her 
letters,  appeared  in  1835  ;  it  passed  through  five 
editions.  Cynthia  Taggart  died  at  Middletown,  R. 
I.,  23d  March,  1849. 

Tallman,  (Mrs.)  Mariana  Bisbee.    Ees. 
Picturesque  Rhode  Island.     1892. 
Mrs.  Tallman  is  actively  engaged  in  journalism. 

Taylor,  Kate  Kittredge. 

Biographical  sketch  of  Elizabeth  Kittredge  Churchill. . 

Taylor,  (Mrs.)  Jeannette  Hopkins.    Nat. 

Autobiographical  romance.     N.  Y.,  1856. 
Wardwell,  Mary  E.    Nat. 

Poems  and  journalistic  work. 
Weaver,  Fanny  Louise.    Nat. 

Contributes  short  stories  and  poems  to  The  Independent, 
Congregationalist,  Woman^s  Journal,  Yoidli's  Com- 
panion, Boston  Commonwealth,  Neiv  England  Mag. 
Weeden,  Anne  Tillinghast.     Nat. 

Contributes  short  stories  to  periodicals. 

Weston,  (Mrs.)  Silas,  ps.  Maria.    Nat. 
The  Weldron  family.     1848. 

Westbrook,   (Mrs.)   Henrietta  Paine,  M.  D.,  ps.   Paul 
Henri.     Nat. 
Contributor  to  newspapers  and  magazines  of  serial  stories, 
professional  studies  and  travel  correspondence. 
Wheeler,  Esther  Grade  Lawrence.    Ees. 

1.  Stray  leaves  from  Newport.     1888. 

2.  Cupid's  little  game  ;  a  play  of  Newport  societ^^ 


RHODE  ISLAND  LITERARY  WOMEN.  23 

3,  Contributor  to  Magazine  of  American  History  and 
Demoresfs  MonMy.    1884. 

White,  (Mrs.)  B.  A.    Nat. 

Three  holes  in  a  chimney  ;  or,  A  scattered  family,    1886. 

Whitman,  (Mrs.)  Sarah  Helen.     1803-1878.     Nat. 

1.  Hours  of  life,  and  other  poems.     Pro  v.,  1853. 

2.  Edgar  Poe  and  his  critics.     Prov.,  1885. 

3.  Poems.     Bost.,  1879. 

Sarah  Helen  (Power)  Whitman,  descended  of  an  old 
Rhode  Island  family,  was  born  in  Providence,  1803, 
and  died  there,  1878.  She  was  married  to  John  W. 
Whitman,  a  lawyer  of  Boston,  in  1828,  and  left  a 
widow  in  1833.  In  1848  Mrs.  Whitman  was  be- 
trothed to  Edgar  Poe.  The  engagement  was  broken 
on  the  eve  of  the  time  fixed  for  marriage  by  the  in- 
terference of  friends.  It  is  probably  not  too  soon  to 
say  that  Sarah  Helen  Whitman  has  a  place  in  the 
first  rank  of  American  women  poets.  Harmony  and 
imagination  belong  to  her  poetry,  which  is  suffused 
by  her  intense  personal  experience  and  her  passion- 
ate delight  in  nature.  Her  Edgar  Poe  and  his 
Critics,  written  under  the  peculiar  circumstances 
attaching  to  the  romantic  friendship  of  this  gifted 
pair,  is  a  remarkable  analysis  of  Poe's  genius  and 
career.  In  person  Mrs.  Whitman  was  beautiful, 
and  "she  looked  on  life" — wrote  George  Ripley — 
"  not  merely  with  an  artist's  eye  but  with  a  longing 
to  wrest  from  it  a  solution  of  the  eternal  mystery." 
To  her,  as  she  has  sung. 

The  passive  face  of  Nature  showed 

A  sweet  responsive  sympathy, 
And  dimly  through  the  Human  glowed 

The  lineaments  of  Deity. 

*****        ^ 

While  patience  budding  into  peace, 
And  knowledge  ripening  into  power, 

And  thought  with  its  pale  alchemy 
Made  beautiful  the  passing  hour. 

— Poems,  Evening  (p.  131). 


24  RHODE  ISLAND  LITERARY  WOMEN. 

Mrs.  Whitman  left  material  for  a  volume  of  prose  writ- 
ings, largely  autobiographical,  to  be  edited  here- 
after. 

Whitney,  Anna  T.    Nat. 

Editor  of  The  Herald  of  the  Centennial.     1876. 

Williams,  (Mrs.)  Catherine  R.  (Arnold).    Nat. 

1.  Religion  at  home. 

2.  Aristocracy. 

3.  Tales,  National  and  Revolutionary. 

4.  The  neutral  French. 

5.  Biography  of  Revolutionary  heroes  ;  consisting  of  the 

life  of  Brigadier-General  William  Barton,  and  also 
of  Captain  Stephen  Olney. 

6.  A  manuscript,  entitled  "  Bertha,  a  tale  of  St.  Domingo, 

with  an  abridged  history  of  the  Island." 

7.  Original  poems. 

Born  in  Providence  about  the  year  1790,  married  at  the 
age  of  twenty-three  and  removed  to  New  York,  but 
soon  returned  to  Rhode  Island,  where  she  published 
a  volume  of  original  poems.  The  success  of  her 
first  book  led  her  to  write  others  which  were  well 
received,  a  second  and  sometimes  a  third  edition 
being  demanded.  Her  novels,  which  were  popular 
at  the  time,  are  of  a  sensational  stamp  and  "not 
without  merit,"  and  her  biographies  and  tales  of 
revolutionary  characters  have  historical  interest. 

Willing,  (Mrs.)  Charles  (Tillinghast).    Nat 

1.  Genevieve  of  Brabant ;  a  legend  in  verse.    Phil.,  1879. 

2.  Persephone,  and  other  poems.    Phil.,  1881. 

Wyman,  (Mrs.)  Lillie  B.  Chace.    Nat. 
Poverty  grass.     1886. 

Contributes  stories  and  studies  of  factory  life  to  Atlantic 
Monthly,  Christian  Union  and  other  periodicals. 


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